A case has been filed against Sajjadur Rahman known as Rakhal Raha, a member of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Textbook Revision Committee, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
The case was filed on Monday by Sajjad Hussain, Chattogram Metropolitan Joint Member Secretary of the Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement, at the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka under the Cyber Security Act .
The Cyber Tribunal Judge Md Noor Alam ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the matter. The judge also fixed 22 May for the hearing.
According to the case statement, Rakhal Raha allegedly defamed Islam in a Facebook post on his personal account on 17 February.